Today’s post on great movie characters takes us into deep space aboard the ship Serenity, captained by ex soldier turned smuggler, Mal Reynolds. Mal possesses all the qualities you want in a Captain: he’s clever, charming, tough, relentless and has a biting sense of humor. Mal is on the run from the Alliance, a vindictive regime that rules the galaxy with an iron fist.

He carries a massive chip on his shoulder and leads his crew with a gunslinger’s mentality. He will back down to no one even it means putting his ship in harms way. For all his faults, Mal stands for what’s right and just and will defend these ideals to the death if he has to.

In the following scene Mal – played by Nathan Fillion – confronts his pursuer, a steely eyed government agent known only as the Operative. Mal has just found his friends slaughtered by Alliance forces. Below his blood-streaked face burns the rage of a man who has seen too much death: “You think I care?” he asks with indifference. But Mal does care. In fact, he cares too much, which makes him more dangerous than the Alliance ever imagined.

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